Definition of embryonic
1 : of or relating to an embryo
2 : being in an early stage of development : incipient, rudimentary an embryonic plan
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Examples of embryonic in a Sentence
The tourism industry there is still in an embryonic stage.
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The state created its $6-billion stem cell program in 2004 after President George W. Bush effectively ended federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
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The other law challenged by the groups expands the requirement that physicians performing abortions for patients under 14 take certain steps to preserve embryonic or fetal tissue and to notify local police where the minor resides.
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These seemingly unconnected abnormalities might have a single cause, the researchers suggest, if the cells that spawn these different parts of the body during embryonic development carry the same specialized ribosomes.
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Trays of human embryonic stem cells at the University of Michigan Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich., are shown in this 2008 file photo.
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And scientists at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles report promising results from transplanting stem cells from embryonic cells into patients who had been blind for decades from AMD and another disease.
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And scientists at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles report promising results from transplanting stem cells from embryonic cells into patients who had been blind for decades from AMD and another disease.
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One theory is that the cuttlefish observed crustaceans and learned this behavior during their embryonic stage, Nakajima said.
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And scientists at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles report promising results from transplanting stem cells from embryonic cells into patients who had been blind for decades from AMD and another disease.
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First Known Use of embryonic
1740
Other Embryology Terms
EMBRYONIC Defined for English Language Learners
embryonic
playDefinition of embryonic for English Language Learners
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: of or relating to an embryo
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: in an early or undeveloped stage
Medical Dictionary
embryonic
playMedical Definition of embryonic
1: of or relating to an embryo
2: being in an early stage of development : incipient, rudimentary
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